Work Mode with Brown Uzoukwu: Is Voodoo in the Workplace a Myth or Reality?

No! Your eyes are not deceiving you. Voodoo! That is what we are talking about today on work mode.

I really felt like calling our attention to an aspect of our career experience and expectations that they can never teach us at Harvard Business School, Lagos Business School or any of the Ivy League institutions – yet it is the core of our career success and fulfilment. Is there really a place for the supernatural in our drive to attain exceptional career success? Are there spiritual responsibilities and obligations that comes with climbing the corporate ladder or attaining cloud nine in pursuit of career lime light?

Do not be bothered about the various names, we are still talking about the same thing: Voodoo. I just want to make sure we are all on the same page.

So, does voodoo really have a place in the work environment? Does it afford one any kind of added advantage? Does it offer any kind of personal or job security? Does it guarantee career breakthrough? Can someone else’s voodoo put a clog on your own career advancement? I will answer the questions later. However, by the end of this article, I’d love you to share your opinion on this issue.

Personally, I have not had a first-hand experience with voodoo in the workplace. When I say this I mean to say, that I have never employed black art or voodoo in an attempt to advance my career, but I am also not ignorant of the devices of the enemy.

A senior friend of mine that works in a multinational oil and gas company in Port Harcourt shared his personal experience or encounter with voodoo in the workplace. According to him, he was nominated alongside two other colleagues to replace an expatriate as the head of a particular project that is worth millions of dollars. He was eventually slated for the new position. The next day, he got to work to assume his new responsibilities. He got to his new office only to experience something beyond his wildest imagination. The moment his buttocks touched his seat, his ‘linking pack’ caught fire. I mean his scrotal sac and the whole region started experiencing an intense burning sensation that is unexplainable. Standing up, the pain would stop. To cut the long story short, he decided to be using the visitor’s chair in his office, thereby sitting and working from the other side of his desk instead. The men that were allegedly responsible for installing or conjuring the voodoo would show up in his office to taunt him and will even go the extra mile of reporting him to his superiors for refusing to sit in the appropriate place.

Another executive shared a story of how he was hired to come and fix a state owned TV Station that has been run under by previous management. Due to his track record in running media outfits including radio and television, he was recruited by the state government to come and oversee the management of the TV station with his magic touch. The day he arrived at the TV Station, he was received by senior executives. Someone was charged with the responsibility of introducing each member of the executive team to him. The man stepped forward extending his hand for a handshake. He reciprocated. But that was all he needed. The moment their palms locked, he felt this wave of vibrations from the man’s hand. He kept his cool, knowing that whatever that means, he was immune to it because he came with his own ‘voodoo’. What followed that was an anonymous threat letter on his desk if he refused to play along.

So many of such stories abound in our world and even on African Magic world. You can choose to believe them or dismiss them as one of those superstitious mentality of Africans. But one thing is certain: man is a spiritual being, living in a body. Therefore, the spiritual controls the physical.

Every great achiever is alive in the spiritual realm. There are certain heights of greatness you cannot attain in your career or business if you are powerless spiritually. Believe it or not, every great man or woman you know commands a great deal of spiritual influence, Godly or Satanic. After all you have done all there is do physically to guarantee great success, there is a supernatural angle to reaching and remaining in that height. Some people know this and that is why they have resorted to voodoo and dark arts. I am not talking about the native doctors or spiritualist in your village. No. I am referring to the walking principalities that operate in the corporate and business world.

I am committed to seeing people enjoy a successful career, attaining their career and business dreams and in doing so, I won’t like to leave any stone unturned or pretend not to know that some things are going on in the corporate environment. When you find yourself in a highly competitive work environment, you will begin to experience firsthand what I am talking about. So beyond, working on your competence, productivity and inter personal skills, pay attention to the spiritual. It is heart breaking for someone to work so hard to climb the corporate ladder only to come down with cancer at the peak of his or her career.

It is not enough to dismiss it with a wave of hand or say things like “what I don’t know cannot affect, or kill me”. The truth is that what you don’t know, has the capacity of not just to kill, but to bury. In life, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood alone, even in the corporate world, but against principalities and powers. We are not ignorant of the devices of the enemy. If you are, OYO is your case. It is written, that my people perish due to lack of knowledge (ignorance).

My submission therefore is that, voodoo in the workplace is real. People do all sort of things to get to the top and stay there. I just don’t want you to be a prey to the wicked. Therefore, in my next article, I will be sharing some tips on how to shield yourself from the influence of dark arts and voodoo as you strive to build a successful and fulfilling career the right way.

Meanwhile, share your opinion on this issue in the comment section. I will like to get your perspective. Have a great week and stay productive. #TGIM

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About Brown Uzoukwu

Brown Uzoukwu Educates and Inspires Young Professionals to Pursue their Dream Careers and Thrive in a Challenging and Positive Work Environment. He Provides Training and Coaching solutions for Schools, Small and Medium Organizations, Youth Forums and Individual Professionals.

53 Comments on Work Mode with Brown Uzoukwu: Is Voodoo in the Workplace a Myth or Reality?

Ever GreenApril 11, 2016 at 10:42 am

@Brown Uzoukwu, I totally agree with you it exist but some people will pretend and dismiss it because they want to appear tush and sophisticated but under that suit and Brazilian hair, you go know whassup. 3 gbosa for you ojare, I will come back and share my dad’s friend experience when he was working with NPA.

Wow. So how can black people and the whole continent of Africa progress with this type hindrance? With the way Africans are religious you would think traditional practices are a thing of the past. I wonder whether stuff like this happens in the developed world

I had a very personal experience with these voodoo users at my workplace. The guy I was working with felt so intimidated by me( even though he was a higher ranking officer). His problem was that my bosses always chose me to make presentations because of my British accent and my assertive nature and also it’s easier for a pretty woman with brain to attract customers than an ugly male who smell of incense and looks scrawny. It was a battle but God gave me victory and fortunately, my bosses saw the guy was a fraud, locked him up and fired him.

What is the deal with Africans and this foreign accent thing? Are people with foreign accent more superior than people with natural african accent? The problems of Africa/Africans run deep. Our mentality is a problem too

@pinopino, because of your British accent indeed. Are your sure your boss is not putting 2 fingers there ala Amber—> Kanye. Ofcourse your boss he /she may well be a nice person, but your comment lacks elegance and is deliberately discourteous and no British accent cant override such low-bred comment, hence my manner of retort.

you are free to believe 1+1 is 3 . But your comment shows how vulgar and how mentally un stimulating you are. if you are going to criticize someone’s comment, make it constructive and creative. Just because you let people stick ‘whatever’ inside your ‘ whatever’ doesn’t mean pinopino does. Now crawl back to the ghetto where you came from and while you are at it, take the other commenter ‘hmm ‘ with you.bye

OMG i just love BN, what other blog would you find this sort of banter without one party going off point or just sounding annoyingly unintelligent.

@strit kredibility, while i do not like @pinopino’s tone, i don’t think she meant any harm. If you have ever been a victim of workplace jealousy or politics/cacus that results in some people going the voodoo way, trust me, you may have said worse.

Also, i still do not understand why Nigerian organizations are obsessed with the british accent (real or fake; many can’t even tell the difference). I feel it was tad bit rude of you to insinuate the Amber -> Kanye situation. Not cool.

Anyway, moving on to the topic, I experienced something similar when i got a new job, another lady was recruited (Arab), and she was meant to report to me. She had major issues doing that and started cooking up all sorts of stories and forming teams in the office. I called them all in and addressed it. Anyways, i noticed i started having issues on the job, no one told me, i became more prayerful, midnight prayers et al. I thought i was dealing ‘oyinbo’ omo her jazz was on a different level. She bent down one day and i saw some marks/incisions round her waist. I thought i was looking at an African girls waist (sorry for the generalization but you all know how Africans like to go to one baba somewhere to put marks on the body) and was confused. It was then it dawned on me that everyone truly has a spiritual influence, Godly or satanic and trust me, it transcends race, religion, skin color etc. Thankfully, God vindicated me, she was asked to leave.

I totally agree with you. Voodoo exists everywhere, workplace, neighbors at home, classmates, even friends and family. I know someone who experienced first hand voodoo at work and it wasn’t funny. You know how voodoo is, like magic, no one would believe you. Anyway thank God for his goodness and mercy in the lives of his true children…

Tanx Brown for hitting d nail on d head. u’re so on point. dis is what our schools neva taught us, dat office politics n juju is real n its a major challenge at d workplace. buh only our personal n intimate relationship wit God Almighty will c us thru n bring us out victorious. i’ve neva seen anyone who followed d way of d devil n came out victorious. victory may tarry but it will surely come to pass. so let us hold on to God at d workplace n work hard, be patient n God will surely reward us.

Yes. One manager at my former place of work (multinational telco) got a promotion, resumed the next day, sat down and has never walked from then. Two qualified people were vying for the promotion but he got it. He’s been using a wheelchair ever since!!!!

So true o! I work at one institution like that. The kain stories you hear ehn, you will just be affirming to yourself that no evil shall befall me, no plague shall come near my dwelling place. I heard one story about how a director was circling the building naked in the middle of the night while holding a calabash. The security guards caught her!!!! Imagine!!! This is a huge compound! Not one single building! These things are real o!

I know of someone who was promoted to a Brig. General. As soon as his letter came out and we celebrated, he was posted to Kaduna. Next thing he was sick for a brief period and died. Before he dies, he kept saying, “they want to kill me”. African Magic things

Who ever says voodoo in the corporate work place does not exist is sitting on a long thing… My aunty’s husband worked for a multinational company and he was promoted as Director,(2 other people were also being considered) unfortunately for him he sat on his chair on the day he was meant to resume the new position…He has been a semi vegetable since then,the grace of God and prayers kept him alive…But his more like a living dead,this is a man who was went to ivy league schools in the USA…His sickness took him from riches to almost poor.

my story: I started work at an organisation. first two days, saw the intern in my dream asking me when I will leave the work, I would always respond in the dream I just joined the company, I will leave when I want to leave, this is not your company. 3rd dream intern insults me in the dream, I beat her up in the dream. Now real life, interns friend threatens me and tells me because boss tells her to help me on an event I was organising, and initially she didn’t because that even was for the mgt of the company and was the top girl and this even had never been done, my ideal, i had all of a sudden taken the head girl spot so this girl is not happy and tell me : “we will see who will laugh the last”, my respond ” I am glad you think you are God. In my heart I feared, sleepless night praying. year two in the company, a colleagues in the team sister is murdered by her husband, I have actually resigned and leaving to another company, during this time I decide to join the team to attend the colleagues sisters funeral. Girl who threatened me was not suppose to come with to the funeral, because she had taken leave nursing a flu. whilst boarding transport to go she shows up to go with all of the team. during the bus trip, I am silent and out of the blue she says to me that I use juju. my response, what the……….? I don’t even know how it looks like” then something tells me” don’t say a work, she is looking for a fight” and you are the only foreigner in this car, though, the others are also black. so I keep quiet and begin to pray in my heart and funny my prayers were that God should have mercy on me, I decided to sleep since the journey was long, and we left at 4am( the journey was 3 hrs)…. I woke up in the bushes. I learnt later that we were in car accident. I was the only one (6 occupants) thrown out of the car into the bushes. She apparently was also thrown out but landed on the tar and cracked her skull. The others has to be taken out by the jaws of life( stuck in the car). I later learned in the hospital before an emergency surgery that she had passed on and she sat right behind me in the vehicle, I was badly broken up. before surgery my pastor’s wife called my phone and she told my uncle that God woke her up to pray for me and my uncle informed her what had happened to me. An old man came to me in the bushes and prayed for me, apparently his car and ours were the only two cars on the road. All I know is ” don’t mess with the children of God” He guards over them jealously. I only have to go on my knees and pour out my heart, God does not wait he rushes in like the win, looking to mend where I am hurt.

next incident at this company, my senior boss three levels above me just did not like me, she would taunt me in front of people. call me names, she would say ” you think you are a south African, and make very silly western African accent jokes, people were scared to eat with me because of the way she would embarrass them when they were seen eating with me. I would run and cry in my car during work hours. she became my prayer item. I only prayed about her and would beg God to make her like me. Guess what? one day I was on leave, and everybody in the organisation gets a message on our phone. It read, the CEO would like to inform fellow colleagues that the following individuals have been suspended without indefinitely. I was shocked. guess who was on the list….. madam 3 levels above me. when my new boss held a farewell lunch for me as I finally resigned, at the lunch normally people who resign when they are leaving cry about how they are going miss colleagues etc. I somehow couldn’t stop laughing. why did this lady not like me? the organisation gets a new CEO and the ceo tells me( no body me) to feature with him on the organisations new newsletter. Boss lady tells me why it has to be me. Another time at a meeting organised by the CEO, with the CEO i was late, CEO delays the meeting because i had not arrived, makes 3 levels above me to wait because i had not arrived. God God God

I will be the first to admit that I never believed. When people talked about voodoo int he work place, I would just scoff in my mind and not disagree openly just so as not to antagonize them. Anyway I worked in one small establishment, small not big o! The establishment was set up by an Association and run by an appointed Director. The staff there always the Director at the office was using jazz to stay in power. Some were able to list all the atrocities he committed while in office but funny enough, he was never fired by the board of the association. The board changed chairmen up to three times, my colleagues reported upandan still nothing happened. Personally, I thought his ass licking was just on point. Others said it was jazz. Anyway, after I left the employment, a new Board chairman was appointed and as the Chairman was getting into office, he called a catholic priest who came armed with holy water. My colleagues say he drenched the place with water so much so that a mop was required after a left. A week after the Chairman assumed his position. He fired the Director for fraud.

Now if you ask me, I will say the Chairman was intolerant of corruption but my former colleagues are convinced all the holy water broke Director’s evil hold!

You are only scratching the surface , a lot goes on in those corporate and plush environments. the fact is that most Nigerians will not admit to getting extra help from the any other sources, too much pretense and mostly they postulate and put up holier than holy front. meanwhile they have their alfas and marabouts and others where they go to in the night, Most highly placed people in the society even the prophets and pastors are in various ‘clubs’ not for fun of it but mainly for the ‘power’ to influence and dominate and excel within their field; you may not get many comments on this

I have always wondered how a Christian can believe that there is a being called Satan who is the embodiment of everything evil but cannot believe that there is evil voodoo and people who practice it in the world. It baffles me. Do you not think that Satan has agents? Some people will do anything to get ahead in life.

Real life experience: at rhe start of my career worked with a law firm to gain ‘real’ experience. It was a small firm comprising of just 5 lawyers. My colleagues would tell me our principal was occultic but I thought it was just ‘bad belle’ because of how badly he treated us and how underpaid we were. A secretary who had worked for him for 5years resigned suddenly…in fact her husband was the one who submitted her resignation letter with a lot of cursing and yelling. Mrs secretary has been having miscarriage upon miscarriage and it was always after seeing our boss in her dream. The last one she had from him for almost 5months but then he noticed one day and commented about it, the next day she has a dream again and lost the pregnancy.

Still wasn’t fully convinced. Then one day I showed up to work really early around 6 am cos I got a lift. Entered the office and found my Principal naked from the waist up with some cowries shells/small gourds things tied on his waist and chanting. Luckily he didn’t see me so I quickly left and sat down stairs till the official opening hours. Resigned that week and didn’t bother to ask for my outstanding salaries. Took almost 6months to get another job but I had no regrets whatsoever.

I swear! U do not know the extent people will go for a job or position in society! Always be armed, trust and believe that with God in your corner, no harm can befall you. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies! Omo let’s be wise and pray at all times.

Pretence is what I call it! There are powers oooo,even oyinbo people do mad crazy voodoo ,If you are a fan of TLC like I am ,u’ll know how far,from Long Island Medium ,to Psychic investigators, to Haunted on Investigation Discovery xtra (IDx),Medium rescurers …… If you watch TLC,IDx,CI you will know whites are fetish…. Chai, so voodoo is not an African thing oooo….

IT IS NOT UNTIL YOU SIT ON CHAIR AND LOOSE YOUR LEGS THAT THERE ARE WITCHES AND WIZARDS IN YOUR WORKPLACE. If you endlessly sabotage, defame, ruin and tarnish people’s images, work and effort at the office…. MY BRO/SIS YOU ARE A DEMON….NA YOU BE VOODOO.

I live in the US and I’ve experienced it here too first hand. In my current work place, I have an African-American colleague who is very problematic and doesn’t get along with anyone except our Boss. On many occasions we have all filed grievances against hum but he always manages to get out of it without any consequences. Being the Naija babe that I am, whenever he crosses the line with me I never seize to treat his fuck up because I couldn’t take his BS any longer. One day I show up to work and see my co-workers in a frenzy taking down all the pictures of their family members from their cubicle. I ask what the problem was and they pointed me to his desk where he had put some Santeria (Voodoo) things up and a voodoo doll that was shaped to look like me. I just started laughing because i knew he definatly wasn’t coming for me, I mean if homeboy knew the spirit that walks with me he wouldn’t be putting his destiny in jeopardy. I waited for him to come to his desk and asked him what and who that represented and he replied saying it was me, I was like really he said yes I was like whoever did this for you doesn’t want you to have a full life because the God that watches over me is greater than all this mess. He came back a week later to apologize and took all that stuff down claiming he wasn’t having peace of mind and someone kept coming to warn him to get of my case and stay away. Lets just say my prayer were doing wonders lol.

My parents were top civil servants. What did we not get, from robbery to dropping ebo at our door. To my mum having a fluid filled leg which eventually went away after stepping on some silly thing planted outside our house. This is why I find it hard to help Nigerians because most of them and their ancestors have dabbled in a lot of nonsense. The thing about all this evil is that the perpetrators end is never good.

When I first traveled out of the country, I was going to one oyinbo church before, their prayers were “Father we bless you for this and that”, knowing that my popman had many wives and everybody is on each other’s throats physically and spiritually because of property, I quickly aligned myself with a prayer and fire ministry, lets just say we call down fire and pray like MFM. Power must change hands o.

I agree with u on this article, seen alot to believe dat voodoo/Jazz sits comfortably in the corporate world. Every individual has battles to fight ,both physical and spiritualwatever happns in d physical has already bb settled in the spiritual realm. Corporate Juju will become important when one gets to a certain point in life….

Great article, this is why I love Bellanaija, some subjects touched upon here are uniquely African i.e. I could never read this on mainstream western media (where I get the rest of my career advice from). Speaking of voodoo on your career, I just want to bring another angle to this. What if you haven’t necessarily been bewitched at your workplace, but rather in your family? My own case is I have two ivy league degrees, I was doing very well working a great jobs in DC and San francisco, but for the past two years my career seems to have taken a downward turn. I was laid off from my first job unceremoniously: I transferred to a new team at my current job then my boss asked me to takeover a colleague’s project, and transferred her to something else. A few months later my project was canned and I was laid off. This happened in a matter of a few months and I don’t believe there was any way my boss didn’t know ahead of time this project was getting killed and wanted to protect her friend (my colleague) whom I took over from. Anyhoo, I moved on, but it took me a whole year to find another job. I’m well educated, I have great and in-demand experience. I’d get interview after interview, recruiters constantly knocked on my door, I always got to final round and just when I was about to clinch an offer, it would dissipate, something strange would happen. The hiring manager would leave or HR wouldn’t call back or random hiring freeze would be put. This happened over 10 times. Alas I got something but got laid off again within 10 months (oil and gas industry which may be understandable). I get many calls for interviews, when I start a new job my superiors, colleagues, and clients like me. Maybe I’m reading too much into this; but I was the first to obtain a degree in my father’s family. Of my cousins oversees I’m the only one who has a steady career. For years I’d wake up screaming at night either seeing snakes in my sleep or just random things that would scare me. My father’s sister has always had it in for me particularly when I was a kid, she felt felt I was a show-off, imagine a 40 something woman telling this to a preteen and that life would teach me tough lessons. My father and his brother don’t get along, and apparently my uncle dabbles in such according to family friends who fear him for this. I’ve turned to MFM prayer style, it helps but hasn’t completed ended my scary nightmares. How do I get rid of this career curse? is it a curse or just a string of bad luck? I’m just tired of always searching for a job, sigh.

Hi Tracy, You have allowed the devil take over your affairs. And you need to send him back to hell where he belongs, and exercise your authority in Jesus Christ. You cannot be believer and be allowing the devil treat you anyhow. In fact, you have gotten too comfy with your situation. After the 3rd time, you should have seen that it is a pattern.

One, you need to get back to Christ and hold him well. Rededicate your life if you have backslided Two, read on your bible, look for scriptures that show you answers to your problems. What has God promised you for your career? Three, meditate on this scriptures, day and night. Personalize them and speak them to yourself. Praise God. Dance sing, thank him that your case is already settled. Three, if you are holding people in unforgiveness, end it now! If you feel anyone has offended you, genuinely or not, release them in your mind, body and spirit. Ask God to show you more people that you are not happy with, pray for them and release them to God’s mercy. If you engage in Gossiping, stop it. Every time you speak ill of others, you are allowing the devil make a case against you in court of heaven. Use prayer scriptures to take charge of your dreams. Pleas the blood of Jesus to seal any doorway into your dreams.

I’ll offer a different perspective. Focus on something else. You need to improve your mind. If you believe in prayer, do it. But the objective should be on you not on some other person. Basically, you are giving whomever power over your thoughts. Direct your focus into something pleasant, or something positive. In addition to the job search, try adopting optimism in some way, shape or form. Try gardening, that will give you something to do. Even if it is a potted plant, grow tomatoes. Take up crocheting. Do something to give YOU happiness.

Tracy, I simply had to respond to your comment. This is no longer a coincidence, the moment something starts occurring such that it’s becoming a pattern then I always sit up. Knowing your family history as well, you shouldn’t take such coincidences lightly.

What I would advice you to do is use the Scriptures. Unlike our own prayers which are our words, when you pray by speaking out God’s word, no power can challenge or stand against that. I have pasted a link below which I use when I started having horrible nightmares at the start of this year. Each night before I go to bed, I pray it with all my heart and with faith and it is like it creates a shield around me. I believe it can help you too. I am assuming here that you have a personal relationship with Jesus (not just a church goer).. scripturepromises.com/promises/enemies.pdf

For reference as well, this is the main page with other Scriptures. scripturepromises.com/index.html

@ Tracy I understand what you are going through when I graduated I had to wait for 3 years before I finally got a job but that particular period between 2009 to 2012 it was so challenging for me I was having terrible and scary nightmare to the extent that I was seeing what I should not be seeing and I was even scared to sleep because it became so bad, cobwebs in dream and reality. (though before then I have a gift when it comes to dream cause I see things in dream and which happens like 85% of my dreams are accurate and my family would tease me Joseph alala. I won’t lie I was scared and funny enough I don’t dream about what I am thinking during the day or before I go to sleep. What I see is always different from what I am thinking before going to bed. I had to confide in my sister and she introduce me to her pastor. He told me he does not fast for any one and he did not collect anything from anyone but he advised me to be very prayerful. This is what he asked me to do. 1. You must be ready to pray and read the word of God. He gave me Psalm and Isaiah specifically to use. 2. You must have faith that God will meet you at the very point of your needs in the cause of the programme. 3. He advise me that I should buy a new sponch and a white soap (mind you I bought it and I did not take it to him) he advised I should do it by myself. Pour a clean water in a bucket which you can use to bath, add salt, read and pray between 6am, 9am, 12pm,3pm and 6pm and 9pm and you must back it white fasting for 7 days, you must not eat anything that has sugar or salt or palm oil, I was taking garri,banna and egg every 6pm to break the fast. The water you must be put under the dew, take it out the next morning and start the prayer session again until the last day then use it to bath early in the morning. 4. He gave me a prayer point and I did night vigil as well, thank God you have time to do, just look for a quiet place where you can focus and seek the face of almighty God. It worked for me and I pray it will work for you.

(though I really wish to repeat the same process now that I have a job but now it is difficult because to do there is no time because commuting from mainland to island is not easy every day).

I fasted for 7 days, I lost weight so much that my family became worried if I was sick, some people even mock me but I persisted because I believe God must end the storm in my life totally. I got so many revelations in the cause of doing the mentioned and a week later I was asked to resume job and after that place I got another job….

Tracey, every day is a battle, the enemy is not sleeping that is why we must keep on trusting God, be at alert and try to draw nearer to him. I still have challenges in my life that I am still praying about because this life is a war; we all need grace of God to survive. Wishing you all the best.

Hi Tracy, I totally agree with what the commenters above said. My own situation was that I did not have a job for over 3 years and I did not graduate from my master’s program with my mates. Then, every time I slept, it was like the devil will be tormenting me in the dream. I’ll worry so much about the whole situation that I will sleep around 4am in the night, have bad dreams and wakeup 7am in the morning with panic attacks. I kept wondering if I will ever graduate or get a good job after all the money my parents invested in me.

During this period, I watched the Shiloh 2015 conference on YouTube and I decided to go on a 40 day fasting and prayer session. I listed all my prayer points and told God all the things I wanted him to do including my graduation. I knew I was fighting a spiritual battle and I tried my best not to be distracted during that period. While praying, I laid everything down before God, my academic probation letter, my past prayer points, and even a list I made of all the great things God had done for me (knowing that if God could do it then, he can do it again). I did this following what Hezekiah did in 2nd Kings 19: 14 – 19. I kept praising God, thanking him for his past deeds in my life and I also kept confessing that I will graduate spring 2016.

On the last day of my fast, I watched the movie WAR ROOM (I encourage you to watch it if you haven’t) and the movie positively impacted my prayer life. I kept praying and I did not give up even when circumstances did not seem positive. To God be the Glory, I finally got an offer and I will be graduating this year after spending 2 and a half years for an 18 months program. All this through the power of prayer and Faith.

Tracy Dear, Do not stop praying, Keep the faith alive. It may seem like a delay but God will do his best for you.